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2008-10-09block: remove end_{queued|dequeued}_request()Kiyoshi Ueda1-51/+7
This patch removes end_queued_request() and end_dequeued_request(), which are no longer used. As a results, users of __end_request() became only end_request(). So the actual code in __end_request() is moved to end_request() and __end_request() is removed. Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: add lld busy state exporting interfaceKiyoshi Ueda1-0/+28
This patch adds an new interface, blk_lld_busy(), to check lld's busy state from the block layer. blk_lld_busy() calls down into low-level drivers for the checking if the drivers set q->lld_busy_fn() using blk_queue_lld_busy(). This resolves a performance problem on request stacking devices below. Some drivers like scsi mid layer stop dispatching request when they detect busy state on its low-level device like host/target/device. It allows other requests to stay in the I/O scheduler's queue for a chance of merging. Request stacking drivers like request-based dm should follow the same logic. However, there is no generic interface for the stacked device to check if the underlying device(s) are busy. If the request stacking driver dispatches and submits requests to the busy underlying device, the requests will stay in the underlying device's queue without a chance of merging. This causes performance problem on burst I/O load. With this patch, busy state of the underlying device is exported via q->lld_busy_fn(). So the request stacking driver can check it and stop dispatching requests if busy. The underlying device driver must return the busy state appropriately: 1: when the device driver can't process requests immediately. 0: when the device driver can process requests immediately, including abnormal situations where the device driver needs to kill all requests. Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: Fix blk_start_queueing() to not kick a stopped queueElias Oltmanns1-2/+4
blk_start_queueing() should act like the generic queue unplugging and kicking and ignore a stopped queue. Such a queue may not be run until after a call to blk_start_queue(). Signed-off-by: Elias Oltmanns <eo@nebensachen.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: add a queue flag for request stacking supportKiyoshi Ueda1-1/+2
This patch adds a queue flag to indicate the block device can be used for request stacking. Request stacking drivers need to stack their devices on top of only devices of which q->request_fn is functional. Since bio stacking drivers (e.g. md, loop) basically initialize their queue using blk_alloc_queue() and don't set q->request_fn, the check of (q->request_fn == NULL) looks enough for that purpose. However, dm will become both types of stacking driver (bio-based and request-based). And dm will always set q->request_fn even if the dm device is bio-based of which q->request_fn is not functional actually. So we need something else to distinguish the type of the device. Adding a queue flag is a solution for that. The reason why dm always sets q->request_fn is to keep the compatibility of dm user-space tools. Currently, all dm user-space tools are using bio-based dm without specifying the type of the dm device they use. To use request-based dm without changing such tools, the kernel must decide the type of the dm device automatically. The automatic type decision can't be done at the device creation time and needs to be deferred until such tools load a mapping table, since the actual type is decided by dm target type included in the mapping table. So a dm device has to be initialized using blk_init_queue() so that we can load either type of table. Then, all queue stuffs are set (e.g. q->request_fn) and we have no element to distinguish that it is bio-based or request-based, even after a table is loaded and the type of the device is decided. By the way, some stuffs of the queue (e.g. request_list, elevator) are needless when the dm device is used as bio-based. But the memory size is not so large (about 20[KB] per queue on ia64), so I hope the memory loss can be acceptable for bio-based dm users. Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: add request submission interfaceKiyoshi Ueda1-0/+81
This patch adds blk_insert_cloned_request(), a generic request submission interface for request stacking drivers. Request-based dm will use it to submit their clones to underlying devices. blk_rq_check_limits() is also added because it is possible that the lower queue has stronger limitations than the upper queue if multiple drivers are stacking at request-level. Not only for blk_insert_cloned_request()'s internal use, the function will be used by request-based dm when the queue limitation is modified (e.g. by replacing dm's table). Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: add request update interfaceKiyoshi Ueda1-9/+48
This patch adds blk_update_request(), which updates struct request with completing its data part, but doesn't complete the struct request itself. Though it looks like end_that_request_first() of older kernels, blk_update_request() should be used only by request stacking drivers. Request-based dm will use it in bio->bi_end_io callback to update the original request when a data part of a cloned request completes. Followings are additional background information of why request-based dm needs this interface. - Request stacking drivers can't use blk_end_request() directly from the lower driver's completion context (bio->bi_end_io or rq->end_io), because some device drivers (e.g. ide) may try to complete their request with queue lock held, and it may cause deadlock. See below for detailed description of possible deadlock: <http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120311479108569&w=2> - To solve that, request-based dm offloads the completion of cloned struct request to softirq context (i.e. using blk_complete_request() from rq->end_io). - Though it is possible to use the same solution from bio->bi_end_io, it will delay the notification of bio completion to the original submitter. Also, it will cause inefficient partial completion, because the lower driver can't perform the cloned request anymore and request-based dm needs to requeue and redispatch it to the lower driver again later. That's not good. - So request-based dm needs blk_update_request() to perform the bio completion in the lower driver's completion context, which is more efficient. Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: blk_cleanup_queue() should call blk_sync_queue()Jens Axboe1-0/+8
When a driver calls blk_cleanup_queue(), the device should be fully idle. However, the block layer may have pending plugging timers and the IO schedulers may have pending work in the work queues. So quisce the device by waiting for the timer and flushing the work queues. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: unify request timeout handlingJens Axboe1-0/+7
Right now SCSI and others do their own command timeout handling. Move those bits to the block layer. Instead of having a timer per command, we try to be a bit more clever and simply have one per-queue. This avoids the overhead of having to tear down and setup a timer for each command, so it will result in a lot less timer fiddling. Signed-off-by: Mike Anderson <andmike@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: update comment on end_request()Jens Axboe1-3/+3
It refers to functions that no longer exist after the IO completion changes. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: don't use bio_has_data() in the completion pathJens Axboe1-3/+2
We should just check for rq->bio, as that is really the information we are looking for. Even if the bio attached doesn't carry data, we still need to do IO post processing on it. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: inherit CPU completion on bio->rq and rq->rq mergesJens Axboe1-0/+4
Somewhat incomplete, as we do allow merges of requests and bios that have different completion CPUs given. This is done on the assumption that a larger IO is still more beneficial than CPU locality. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: add support for IO CPU affinityJens Axboe1-23/+23
This patch adds support for controlling the IO completion CPU of either all requests on a queue, or on a per-request basis. We export a sysfs variable (rq_affinity) which, if set, migrates completions of requests to the CPU that originally submitted it. A bio helper (bio_set_completion_cpu()) is also added, so that queuers can ask for completion on that specific CPU. In testing, this has been show to cut the system time by as much as 20-40% on synthetic workloads where CPU affinity is desired. This requires a little help from the architecture, so it'll only work as designed for archs that are using the new generic smp helper infrastructure. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: make kblockd_schedule_work() take the queue as parameterJens Axboe1-4/+4
Preparatory patch for checking queuing affinity. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: split softirq handling into blk-softirq.cJens Axboe1-88/+0
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: move stats from disk to part0Tejun Heo1-50/+34
Move stats related fields - stamp, in_flight, dkstats - from disk to part0 and unify stat handling such that... * part_stat_*() now updates part0 together if the specified partition is not part0. ie. part_stat_*() are now essentially all_stat_*(). * {disk|all}_stat_*() are gone. * part_round_stats() is updated similary. It handles part0 stats automatically and disk_round_stats() is killed. * part_{inc|dec}_in_fligh() is implemented which automatically updates part0 stats for parts other than part0. * disk_map_sector_rcu() is updated to return part0 if no part matches. Combined with the above changes, this makes NULL special case handling in callers unnecessary. * Separate stats show code paths for disk are collapsed into part stats show code paths. * Rename disk_stat_lock/unlock() to part_stat_lock/unlock() While at it, reposition stat handling macros a bit and add missing parentheses around macro parameters. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: kill GENHD_FL_FAIL and use part0->make_it_failTejun Heo1-2/+3
GENHD_FL_FAIL for disk is what make_it_fail is for parts. Kill it and use part0->make_it_fail. Sysfs node handling is unified too. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: always set bdev->bd_partTejun Heo1-1/+1
Till now, bdev->bd_part is set only if the bdev was for parts other than part0. This patch makes bdev->bd_part always set so that code paths don't have to differenciate common handling. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: fix diskstats accessTejun Heo1-25/+27
There are two variants of stat functions - ones prefixed with double underbars which don't care about preemption and ones without which disable preemption before manipulating per-cpu counters. It's unclear whether the underbarred ones assume that preemtion is disabled on entry as some callers don't do that. This patch unifies diskstats access by implementing disk_stat_lock() and disk_stat_unlock() which take care of both RCU (for partition access) and preemption (for per-cpu counter access). diskstats access should always be enclosed between the two functions. As such, there's no need for the versions which disables preemption. They're removed and double underbars ones are renamed to drop the underbars. As an extra argument is added, there's no danger of using the old version unconverted. disk_stat_lock() uses get_cpu() and returns the cpu index and all diskstat functions which access per-cpu counters now has @cpu argument to help RT. This change adds RCU or preemption operations at some places but also collapses several preemption ops into one at others. Overall, the performance difference should be negligible as all involved ops are very lightweight per-cpu ones. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: fix disk->part[] dereferencing raceTejun Heo1-4/+16
disk->part[] is protected by its matching bdev's lock. However, non-critical accesses like collecting stats and printing out sysfs and proc information used to be performed without any locking. As partitions can come and go dynamically, partitions can go away underneath those non-critical accesses. As some of those accesses are writes, this theoretically can lead to silent corruption. This patch fixes the race by using RCU for the partition array and dev reference counter to hold partitions. * Rename disk->part[] to disk->__part[] to make sure no one outside genhd layer proper accesses it directly. * Use RCU for disk->__part[] dereferencing. * Implement disk_{get|put}_part() which can be used to get and put partitions from gendisk respectively. * Iterators are implemented to help iterate through all partitions safely. * Functions which require RCU readlock are marked with _rcu suffix. * Use disk_put_part() in __blkdev_put() instead of directly putting the contained kobject. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: misc updatesTejun Heo1-3/+4
This patch makes the following misc updates in preparation for disk->part dereference fix and extended block devt support. * implment part_to_disk() * fix comment about gendisk->part indexing * rename get_part() to disk_map_sector() * don't use n which is always zero while printing disk information in diskstats_show() Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09Add some block/ source files to the kernel-api docbook. Fix kernel-doc ↵Randy Dunlap1-36/+36
notation in them as needed. Fix changed function parameter names. Fix typos/spellos. In comments, change REQ_SPECIAL to REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL and REQ_BLOCK_PC to REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09drop vmerge accountingMikulas Patocka1-1/+0
Remove hw_segments field from struct bio and struct request. Without virtual merge accounting they have no purpose. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09Allow elevators to sort/merge discard requestsDavid Woodhouse1-5/+7
But blkdev_issue_discard() still emits requests which are interpreted as soft barriers, because naïve callers might otherwise issue subsequent writes to those same sectors, which might cross on the queue (if they're reallocated quickly enough). Callers still _can_ issue non-barrier discard requests, but they have to take care of queue ordering for themselves. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09Add 'discard' request handlingDavid Woodhouse1-8/+20
Some block devices benefit from a hint that they can forget the contents of certain sectors. Add basic support for this to the block core, along with a 'blkdev_issue_discard()' helper function which issues such requests. The caller doesn't get to provide an end_io functio, since blkdev_issue_discard() will automatically split the request up into multiple bios if appropriate. Neither does the function wait for completion -- it's expected that callers won't care about when, or even _if_, the request completes. It's only a hint to the device anyway. By definition, the file system doesn't _care_ about these sectors any more. [With feedback from OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> and Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com] Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09Fix up comments about matching flags between bio and rqDavid Woodhouse1-5/+2
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: use bio_has_data() in the IO completion pathJens Axboe1-5/+4
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-10-09block: use bio_has_data() to check for data carrying bioJens Axboe1-4/+1
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-08-27block: move cmdfilter from gendisk to request_queueFUJITA Tomonori1-0/+2
cmd_filter works only for the block layer SG_IO with SCSI block devices. It breaks scsi/sg.c, bsg, and the block layer SG_IO with SCSI character devices (such as st). We hit a kernel crash with them. The problem is that cmd_filter code accesses to gendisk (having struct blk_scsi_cmd_filter) via inode->i_bdev->bd_disk. It works for only SCSI block device files. With character device files, inode->i_bdev leads you to struct cdev. inode->i_bdev->bd_disk->blk_scsi_cmd_filter isn't safe. SCSI ULDs don't expose gendisk; they keep it private. bsg needs to be independent on any protocols. We shouldn't change ULDs to expose their gendisk. This patch moves struct blk_scsi_cmd_filter from gendisk to request_queue, a common object, which eveyone can access to. The user interface doesn't change; users can change the filters via /sys/block/. gendisk has a pointer to request_queue so the cmd_filter code accesses to struct blk_scsi_cmd_filter. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-08-01block: add a blk_plug_device_unlocked() that grabs the queue lockJens Axboe1-0/+18
blk_plug_device() must be called with the queue lock held, so callers often just grab and release the lock for that purpose. Add a helper that does just that. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-15Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6Linus Torvalds1-9/+3
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6: (80 commits) ide-floppy: fix unfortunate function naming ide-tape: unify idetape_create_read/write_cmd ide: add ide_pc_intr() helper ide-{floppy,scsi}: read Status Register before stopping DMA engine ide-scsi: add more debugging to idescsi_pc_intr() ide-scsi: use pc->callback ide-floppy: add more debugging to idefloppy_pc_intr() ide-tape: always log debug info in idetape_pc_intr() if debugging is enabled ide-tape: add ide_tape_io_buffers() helper ide-tape: factor out DSC handling from idetape_pc_intr() ide-{floppy,tape}: move checking of ->failed_pc to ->callback ide: add ide_issue_pc() helper ide: add PC_FLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT pc flag ide-scsi: move idescsi_map_sg() call out from idescsi_issue_pc() ide: add ide_transfer_pc() helper ide-scsi: set drive->scsi flag for devices handled by the driver ide-{cd,floppy,tape}: remove checking for drive->scsi ide: add PC_FLAG_ZIP_DRIVE pc flag ide-tape: factor out waiting for good ireason from idetape_transfer_pc() ide-tape: set PC_FLAG_DMA_IN_PROGRESS flag in idetape_transfer_pc() ...
2008-07-15block: remove the checking for NULL queue in blk_put_requestFUJITA Tomonori1-9/+3
Some uses blk_put_request asymmetrically, that is, they uses it with requests that not allocated by blk_get_request. As a result, blk_put_request has a hack to catch a NULL request_queue. Now such callers are fixed (they use blk_get_request properly). So we can safely remove the hack in blk_put_request. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2008-07-15Merge branch 'core/softirq' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+1
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core/softirq' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: softirq: remove irqs_disabled warning from local_bh_enable softirq: remove initialization of static per-cpu variable Remove argument from open_softirq which is always NULL
2008-07-03block: extend queue_flag bitopsJens Axboe1-8/+4
Add test_and_clear and test_and_set. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-03block: Block layer data integrity supportMartin K. Petersen1-0/+7
Some block devices support verifying the integrity of requests by way of checksums or other protection information that is submitted along with the I/O. This patch implements support for generating and verifying integrity metadata, as well as correctly merging, splitting and cloning bios and requests that have this extra information attached. See Documentation/block/data-integrity.txt for more information. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-06-16Merge branch 'linus' into core/softirqIngo Molnar1-20/+17
2008-05-28block: Move the second call to get_request to the end of the loopZhang, Yanmin1-20/+17
In function get_request_wait, the second call to get_request could be moved to the end of the while loop, because if the first call to get_request fails, the second call will fail without sleep. Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanmin <yanmin.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-05-25Remove argument from open_softirq which is always NULLCarlos R. Mafra1-1/+1
As git-grep shows, open_softirq() is always called with the last argument being NULL block/blk-core.c: open_softirq(BLOCK_SOFTIRQ, blk_done_softirq, NULL); kernel/hrtimer.c: open_softirq(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_hrtimer_softirq, NULL); kernel/rcuclassic.c: open_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ, rcu_process_callbacks, NULL); kernel/rcupreempt.c: open_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ, rcu_process_callbacks, NULL); kernel/sched.c: open_softirq(SCHED_SOFTIRQ, run_rebalance_domains, NULL); kernel/softirq.c: open_softirq(TASKLET_SOFTIRQ, tasklet_action, NULL); kernel/softirq.c: open_softirq(HI_SOFTIRQ, tasklet_hi_action, NULL); kernel/timer.c: open_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_timer_softirq, NULL); net/core/dev.c: open_softirq(NET_TX_SOFTIRQ, net_tx_action, NULL); net/core/dev.c: open_softirq(NET_RX_SOFTIRQ, net_rx_action, NULL); This observation has already been made by Matthew Wilcox in June 2002 (http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-25/0687.html) "I notice that none of the current softirq routines use the data element passed to them." and the situation hasn't changed since them. So it appears we can safely remove that extra argument to save 128 (54) bytes of kernel data (text). Signed-off-by: Carlos R. Mafra <crmafra@ift.unesp.br> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-05-15Remove blkdev warning triggered by using mdNeil Brown1-3/+2
As setting and clearing queue flags now requires that we hold a spinlock on the queue, and as blk_queue_stack_limits is called without that lock, get the lock inside blk_queue_stack_limits. For blk_queue_stack_limits to be able to find the right lock, each md personality needs to set q->queue_lock to point to the appropriate lock. Those personalities which didn't previously use a spin_lock, us q->__queue_lock. So always initialise that lock when allocated. With this in place, setting/clearing of the QUEUE_FLAG_PLUGGED bit will no longer cause warnings as it will be clear that the proper lock is held. Thanks to Dan Williams for review and fixing the silly bugs. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Cc: Alistair John Strachan <alistair@devzero.co.uk> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Jacek Luczak <difrost.kernel@gmail.com> Cc: Prakash Punnoor <prakash@punnoor.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-07block: avoid duplicate calls to get_part() in disk stat codeJens Axboe1-8/+10
get_part() is fairly expensive, as it O(N) loops over partitions to find the right one. In lots of normal IO paths we end up looking up the partition twice, to make matters even worse. Change the stat add code to accept a passed in partition instead. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-05-07block: optimize generic_unplug_device()Jens Axboe1-3/+5
Original patch from Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Mike Anderson was doing an OLTP benchmark on a computer with 48 physical disks mapped to one logical device via device mapper. He found that there was a slowdown on request_queue->lock in function generic_unplug_device. The slowdown is caused by the fact that when some code calls unplug on the device mapper, device mapper calls unplug on all physical disks. These unplug calls take the lock, find that the queue is already unplugged, release the lock and exit. With the below patch, performance of the benchmark was increased by 18% (the whole OLTP application, not just block layer microbenchmarks). So I'm submitting this patch for upstream. I think the patch is correct, because when more threads call simultaneously plug and unplug, it is unspecified, if the queue is or isn't plugged (so the patch can't make this worse). And the caller that plugged the queue should unplug it anyway. (if it doesn't, there's 3ms timeout). Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-05-01block: remove remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrencesHarvey Harrison1-3/+2
__FUNCTION__ is gcc specific, use __func__ Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29block: add large command supportFUJITA Tomonori1-0/+1
This patch changes rq->cmd from the static array to a pointer to support large commands. We rarely handle large commands. So for optimization, a struct request still has a static array for a command. rq_init sets rq->cmd pointer to the static array. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-04-29block: replace sizeof(rq->cmd) with BLK_MAX_CDBFUJITA Tomonori1-1/+1
This is a preparation for changing rq->cmd from the static array to a pointer. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-04-29block: rename and export rq_init()FUJITA Tomonori1-2/+3
This rename rq_init() blk_rq_init() and export it. Any path that hands the request to the block layer needs to call it to initialize the request. This is a preparation for large command support, which needs to initialize the request in a proper way (that is, just doing a memset() will not work). Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-04-29block: make queue flags non-atomicNick Piggin1-13/+26
We can save some atomic ops in the IO path, if we clearly define the rules of how to modify the queue flags. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-04-29block: make rq_init() do a full memset()FUJITA Tomonori1-26/+4
This requires moving rq_init() from get_request() to blk_alloc_request(). The upside is that we can now require an rq_init() from any path that wishes to hand the request to the block layer. rq_init() will be exported for the code that uses struct request without blk_get_request. This is a preparation for large command support, which needs to initialize struct request in a proper way (that is, just doing a memset() will not work). Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-03-04unexport blk_{get,put}_queueAdrian Bunk1-2/+0
This patch removes the unused exports of blk_{get,put}_queue. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-03-04block: restore the meaning of rq->data_len to the true data lengthFUJITA Tomonori1-2/+1
The meaning of rq->data_len was changed to the length of an allocated buffer from the true data length. It breaks SG_IO friends and bsg. This patch restores the meaning of rq->data_len to the true data length and adds rq->extra_len to store an extended length (due to drain buffer and padding). This patch also removes the code to update bio in blk_rq_map_user introduced by the commit 40b01b9bbdf51ae543a04744283bf2d56c4a6afa. The commit adjusts bio according to memory alignment (queue_dma_alignment). However, memory alignment is NOT padding alignment. This adjustment also breaks SG_IO friends and bsg. Padding alignment needs to be fixed in a proper way (by a separate patch). Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@carl.home.kernel.dk>
2008-03-04block: fix kernel-docbook parameters and filesRandy Dunlap1-0/+2
kernel-doc for block/: - add missing parameters - fix one function's parameter list (remove blank line) - add 2 source files to docbook for non-exported kernel-doc functions Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-02-19block: add request->raw_data_lenTejun Heo1-0/+2
With padding and draining moved into it, block layer now may extend requests as directed by queue parameters, so now a request has two sizes - the original request size and the extended size which matches the size of area pointed to by bios and later by sgs. The latter size is what lower layers are primarily interested in when allocating, filling up DMA tables and setting up the controller. Both padding and draining extend the data area to accomodate controller characteristics. As any controller which speaks SCSI can handle underflows, feeding larger data area is safe. So, this patch makes the primary data length field, request->data_len, indicate the size of full data area and add a separate length field, request->raw_data_len, for the unmodified request size. The latter is used to report to higher layer (userland) and where the original request size should be fed to the controller or device. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>